Post by MarioGS on Oct 15, 2018 18:34:26 GMT -5

For the first time since April 11, 2016, Wheel has topped the syndie game show ratings. After a long period of falling in second or third place behind Family Feud and Jeopardy!, Wheel managed to beat both for the week of September 24-30, a 7% increase from the previous week.

This upset was largely due to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings on September 27 pre-empting all daytime programming. Wheel lucked out from this due its stricter scheduling. While Feud, Jeopardy!, and Millionaire can be seen at various times throughout the country, Wheel does not air earlier than 7:00 PM Eastern in any part of the US, which is the exact time the hearings ended and normal programming resumed, save for a few ABC affiliates on the East Coast that opted to air a delayed edition of World News Tonight. Normally, Wheel's prime access time slots are unfavorable due to common pre-emptions from extended national newscasts or sporting event pregames and other pre-primetime specials.

Post by WarioSajak on Oct 15, 2018 23:59:35 GMT -5

Agreed. This is likely nothing more than an opportune blip for Wheel, and even then it just barely edged out in front of Feud and Jeopardy! (5.9-5.8-5.8).

Of note, Feud was the only game that lost viewers that week, and a good 5% at that. Maybe this means people are finally starting to get tired of it...?

(Nah.)

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Post by MarioGS on Jan 25, 2019 23:39:31 GMT -5

Bumping because Wheel managed to reach #1 in game shows for the week of January 7-11 (Weekend Getaways, with a million loss on Friday, no less), without any ties or major pre-emptions sabotaging the other shows. Both Wheel and Jeopardy! reached new season highs and major increases from the previous week.

This also has to be the first time in a long time that Family Feud was at #3 without a tie.

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